In 2012, she assumed responsibility for CINN’s newly formed entertainment business, co-producing two off Broadway shows, films that appeared in film festivals such as Sundance and Edinburgh and she assumed charge of the Companies’ classical concert series at venues that include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and several locations in the EU. She formed Measure Media, Inc. in 2015 to set a path for television productions and serves as its President. The Company and has begun producing original television programs on cable, network tv and for international distribution. Currently in production along side “Platinum Eye”, is “Back from the Brink”, set to premiere on Discovery later in 2021, featuring the true stories of people who have survived catastrophic physical trauma and have had to overcome most challenging adversity … to persevere and succeed.
Her experience as founder and leader of CINN’s national Association Management Division and its 60 employees from 1988 to 2014, and chief administrator of the home offices of 24 national and regional financial, law and insurance non profit associations has been brought to bear in the new enterprise. As an advocate in the fight to combat insurance fraud and as an exponent of fairness in the insurance claims settlement process, Mrs. Acunto appeared nationally in televised media, before hearings and editorial boards to argue for high standards in battling fraud. Her efforts resulted in changes in laws and procedures affecting US insurance buyers favorably. She received many top professional awards for her achievement as an executive, including an MBA honoris causa from the European School of Economics / Buckingham University and the highest awards given by several insurance associations.
Socially, Mrs. Acunto served for 3 years as Chair of New York’s annual Quadrille Ball, a debutante styled gala benefitting Columbia University student scholarships and the Germanistic Society; she served on the Ball Committee for 20 years. To raise funds in support of career programs for returning US Marines, she created the Bal d’ Europe and led it from 2007 to 2009. Mrs. Acunto chaired the first Savoy Ball in 2004 in New York, honoring Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; she was honored with investiture in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, the dynastic and religious order of the House of Savoy, as Dama di Commenda.
Mrs. Acunto has been recognized widely for her redesign and restoration of award-winning Hudson Cliff House, a century old mansion overlooking the Hudson River in Park Hill, as a volunteer and advocate on the Executive Board of the UN Women for Peace Committee- for which she co-directed production of the first worldwide broadcast international Women For Peace Concert Gala held in the General Assembly in March, 2008; for the UN General Assembly “Women’s Day Celebration and on the “Annual March in March” which raises awareness and funds to prevent worldwide violence against women. She served on the Board of the City University of New York, Performing Arts Center and served as an Officer and Director on the Board of the National Women’s Republican Club for nine years, 2015 – 2014. She has been the subject of features in New York magazine, the NY Times, the Journal News, ABC news and several other media in connection with her volunteer activities and dedicated advocacy.
Mrs. Acunto was born in Manhattan and is daughter of the late WWII Naval hero, Capt. Richard G. Haarmann, and the late fashion model / actress, Dorothy Warren. She attended Parsons School of Design (now NYU). Mr. and Mrs. Acunto have two married children living in Princeton and Rome, and three grandsons. They divide their time between Greenwich, Palm Beach and Rome.
